We all subscribe to, experience, and believe in diverse narratives while living our lives. These range from personal, familial, occupational, social, national, and global narratives. Narratives that unfold on their own or those orchestrated by others. The latter are more pronounced and have taken a front seat in Kaliyuga causing tremendous impacts on the lives of every individual in ways we cannot perceive or fathom. The unintended and far-reaching consequences of orchestrated narratives may not be readily or fully apparent but their existence is undeniable. Noteworthy here is the fact that they are just the instrumental and not the primary cause.
The perceived flow of events in our personal life, our attention to favorable, and the urge to disregard unfavorable aspects of life shape our personal narrative about ourselves. Our ever-changing perception about ourselves in the past, present, and future, our experiences, biases, beliefs, habits, and patterns all define and influence the stories that our mind tells our soul. Despite being physically wide awake, we tend to keep watching this ever-unfolding narrative just as we watch a movie.
Individual perceptions, biases, habits patterns, beliefs and narratives intermingle, interact and meld with those of our family members (familial) and friends (social). This complicates things to another level. They form a ripe field that facilitates the fruition of past Karma. The unsuspecting soul wide awake yet asleep falls prey to its own folly again and again by believing in these types of narratives.
Overarching them are national and global narratives, potent sedatives in their own way.
The more attention, and involvement (the belief that they are real) that one affords to constantly unfolding narratives, the more one gets sucked into these rabbit holes. Soon all perceptions, decisions, and actions are influenced and driven by them.
The mind ends up overpowering the soul.
